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F. H. BOGDA.

STANCHION ALINEMENT DEViCE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. 1918.

Patented Aug. 12, 1919.

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FRANK I-I. BOG-DA, OF HORICON, WISCONSIN.

STANCHION-ALINEIVIENT DEVICE.

Application filed June 1, 1918.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK Il. Boem, a citizen of the United States, and resident of I-Ioricon, in the county of Dodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements. in Stanchion-Alinement Devices, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this speciication.

The invention relates to stanchion alinement devices for adjusting the stanchion backwardly or forwardly with respect to the stall frame so that the animal may be properly positioned with respect to the gutter.

Heretofore in connection with devices of this kind to effect the adjustment it has been necessary to loosen bolts or screws on the alinement devices or to take apart these devices toaccomplish the adjustment and it is the object of this invention to do away with this difficulty and provide an alinement device in which the parts may be moved to adjusted position and there secured without having to loosen up or take out and replace bolts or screws and without having to use any tools.

A further object of the invention is to provide a quickly detachable interlocking connection for the adjustable anchoring device for the lower end of the stanchion and to provide a top aliner of such a construction as to permit of adjustment when one of the lower anchoring devices has been detached from the adjacent stall upright.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the several features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

i Figure 1 is an elevation view of a stall and stanchion equipped with the alinement device embodying the invention, parts being broken away; i

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the lower stanchion alinement devices; t

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken through the top alinement device;

Fig. 5 is a section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

In the drawings, the numeral 6 designates the curb, 7 and 8 the stall frame members, 9

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12, 1219.

Serial No. 237,690.

partitions secured to said frame members and 10 the stanchion secured at its upper portion to the frame members 8 by the top aliner hereinafter described and secured at its lower portion to the lower portion of the frame members 8 by the bottom alinement device hereinafter described.

The bottom alinement device consists of a chain 12 medially connected to a tting 13 on the lower end of the stanchion and ad justably connected to the lower portion of the frames 8 by hooked members 14 having detachable interlocking connections with plates 15 secured to the uprights by clips 15.

The hooked members 14 are secured to the ends of the chain 12 by bolts 16 and the hooked ends 17 are T-shaped. The plate 15 is provided with apertures 18 and a central aperture 19. The apertures 18 have elongated slots 20 communicating therewith and with each other while the aperture 19 has an elongated slot 21 communicating with it. The hooked member can be hooked into any of the apertures by passing the T-shaped head through the slots 20 or 21 but said head cannot be shifted from one aperture 18 to another. With this construction two spaced adjustments may be had on either side of the central aperture 19 or a central adjustment may he had and the T-shaped headwill be held in interlocking engagement with the plate 15 but may be quickly removed by drawing the chain toward the plate, moving the T-shaped head until it is in line with the slot adjacent the aperture and then the head may be drawn up to disconnect the chain from the plate.

The top aliner consists of a member 22 having a hollow interior portion 22, a longitudinally extending rib 23 depending from the top 24, a longitudinally extending slot 25 in the bottom 26, 4and spaced curved recesses 27 on opposite sides of the slot 25 with recesses 28 adjacent thereto. It is obvious that instead of using a single rib that short ribs disposed above each of the recesses 27 may be used. rIhis member may be secured to the stall frame in any suitable manner and in the present instance I haye shown said member provided with coupling eXtensions 29 which with clips 30 and bolts 31 secure it to the upper ends of the stall frame members 8. The aliner further consists of a swivel bolt 32 which has a shank portion 33 provided with an aperture 33 to receive a bolt to connect ittothe upper portion ofthe stanchion, a head 34 adapted to be seated in any one of the recesses .28 to form a swivel connection and an extension 35. Y

The extension 35 prevents the'bolt 32 `from being` moved along the aliner from one po sition of adjustment to the other as said extension on being moved upwardly abuts against the rib 213 but byturning said member until the extension 35 is in line with the rib-and then swinging said member to one side-or 1the othertransversely of the slot 25 so 'that the extension is out of engagement with saidribthebolt 32 may be moved along the slot from one set'of recesses ,27 to another and .by swinging it Abacloveirthe rib 23 and turning it so that the extension 35 is disposed transversely of the rib 23 the j member willbe-secured in its adjusted positionand itshead 34 will be freeto turn in the recess 28, the shank passing down through the opening ormed'by the recesses 27 adj acentthe recess 28. In assembling the device the bolt 32`is passed into the'hollow interior portion 22 through either of Vthe Openings 36 in the sides 37 and the shank is then moved' to a position within the slot 25. With this construction when one of the A ends Vof the .chain 'has been released from 430 interlocking engagementwith the adjacent plate 15, the stanchion together with the bolt 32is turned and thentipped or swung toward-one .side as previously explained in 'connection withthe adjustment of said bolt 32in the member 22 and the bolt 32 with the stanchion is moved forwardly, backwardly or ltocentral position with respect to the stall frame members as `desired until itlhasbeen-:brought into register with the desired opening formed by the recesses 27 and-fthenithe stanchion is swung back and turned thereby securing the bolt 32 in swiveled engagement with the member 22 as pre- I; i viously described and yit will be noted that 45 in ana-kino this adjustment it is not necessary to ta e the top aliner apart or remove any bolts or screws from either of the alinement devices so that the adjustment may be quickly made and without the use ofany tools.

Ifam awarethat the specic embodiment of theinvention herein shown and described is capable of modification and change and l therefore desireit to be understood that such changes as come within the Ascope of the appended claims I deem :to be `within the spirit oi' my invention.

What I claim as my invention is:

vl. The combination, with a stanchion and stall-uprights, of plates secured to the lower ends of said uprights and provided with spaced apart slots, members having hooked T-shaped ends insertible in any one ofsaid slots Vand thereby Aheld in interlocking engagement with said plates, yand means for connecting said members ,tothe lower portion ofthe stanchion.

2. The combination, with a stanchion and stall uprights, of plates secured to the-lower ends of said uprights and provided with spaced apart slots, -members havinghooked ends insertible in any one of said slots and movable a partial revolution into locking engagement with said plates, and imeans connecting said members to the lower portion oli' the stanchion.

3. The combination, with la stanchion andstall fra-me uprights, of lplates secured to the lower endsof said uprig'lits and provided with spacedapertureS, afchain medially connected to the lower end of the-stanchion, and hooks'secured to the ends of the chain and insertible in any one of said apertures insaid plates to secure the'lower end of the stanchion Yin adjusted position, and means carried by said hooks and `integral therewith vfor normally preventing the removal of the hooks romthe plates without movingthe hooks from their-normal operative position.

4. The combination, .with a 'stanchion and stall `frame, oa fbottom'aliner comprising a tensioning member secured "to the lower end of the stanchionand having disconnectible connections with the lowerenfds of the stall frame,'a Atop `aliner consisting of va member provided with a'plurality of spaced apart recesses in communication with each other, a swivel bolt `secured to the upper portion of the stanchion having a head adapted to be seated in any one of'said recesses, means normally preventingthe removal of [the bolt lfrom one recess to another but permitting removal ofzthe'bolt and transference to another recess when .the Vtensioning member has been disconnected from one of the stall uprights.

In testimony whereof, I aliX my signature,

FRANK n. Bosnia.

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